Mitochondrial fusion and inheritance of the mitochondrial genome

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-138

  Takano, Hiroyoshi ^a   Onoue, Kenta ^a   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biparental inheritance; Mitochondrial fusion; Mitochondrial genome; Physarum polycephalum; Plasmid; Uniparental inheritance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 77951499591     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-009-0268-y     Document Type: Article

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